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Today's bird sightings
Heron hide / Peter Scott hide (Deep Lake) A great white egret was seen around mid morning. British Steel hide Marsh harrier, 2 little stint, 2 spotted redshank, 32 greenshank, 777 black tailed godwit, 137 redshank, 187 knot, 13 lapwing, 36 dunlin, 2 great
2 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 2nd October 2014
1 Blackcap - sheltered lagoon 11 Chiffchaff 24 Meadow Pipit - marsh 5 Stonechat - marsh 21 Snipe 40+ Wigeon 60 Teal 60 Gadwall 50 Shoveler Late September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregrine, Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpipe
2 October 2014
Today's sightings-Pink-footed Goose
The South Lake Pink-footed Goose 1 juvenile has joined the Greylag Goose flock. The Zeiss Hide Spotted Redshank 1 Greenshank 3 Redshank 18 Lapwing 50 Kingfisher 1 Pintail 70 Teal 300 The Rushy Ruff 2 The Tack Piece Common Crane 4
2 October 2014
Latest Sightings
Latest Sightings Whooper Pond Mallard 200 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Tufted Duck 15 Wigeon 30 Teal 10 Little Grebe 1 Pintail 1 Folly Pond Teal 30 Wigeon 50 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Grey Heron 1 Avenue Tower Teal 20 Wigeon 50 Heron 1 Avenues & Feeders Chif
1 October 2014
Today's bird sightings
British Steel hide/estuary 2 little stint, 2 curlew sandpiper, 2 spotted redshank, 49 greenshank, 504 black tailed godwit, 186 redshank, 8 knot, 30 lapwing, 16 dunlin, 11 little egret, 61 greylag goose, 104 wigeon, peregrine, sparrowhawk, buzzard, 4 great
1 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Black Tailed Godwit - 16 Greenshank - 2 Redshank - 122 Lapwing - 10 Dunlin - 1 Common Snipe - 11 Gadwall - 55 Wigeon - 186 Shoveler - 6 Grey Heron - 7 Saline Lagoon Common Snipe - 2 Kingfisher - 1 Other Birds Jay - Site Co
1 October 2014
Wildlife sightings for 1st October 2014
18 Swallow - flew S 2 Linnet - flew S 3 Rock Pipit - marsh/also dropped on to the river 6 Mandarin - world wetlands 2 Pintail - main lake and reservoir lagoon 2 Ruddy Duck - reservoir lagoon 2 Hobby - flew N/over the marsh 42 Meadow Pipit - marsh/flew SW
1 October 2014
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Pintail 58 Greenshank 2 Redshank 48 Snipe 4 The Tack Piece Ruff 3 Common Crane 2 The Rushy Green Sandpiper 1 The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Car Park Willow Warbler 1
1 October 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Mallard 170 Mute Swan 2 + 8 cygnets Tufted Duck 11 Wigeon 30 Teal 10 Little Grebe 1 Pintail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Folly Pond Teal 30 Grey Heron 1 Avenue Tower Teal 20 Wigeon 50 Heron 1 Avenues & Feeders Chiffchaffs Goldcrest Long-tailed Tit T
30 September 2014
45800 Pink-footed Geese
Records being broken daily with last nights roost count coming in at just under 46000! Pretty much every inch of water on Woodend, The Mere and Vinson's and Sunley's had a covering of Pink-footed Geese. Yesterday's juv leucistic Pink's dropped in on the M
30 September 2014
Education taster sessions for teachers
WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is holding an Open Day for teachers on Sunday 5 October. Teachers must register in advance to visit the reserve for this tour and a preview of the education sessions on offer and receive a WWT goody bag. “All our sessions prom
30 September 2014
Less than a quarter of freshwater wildlife has survived since the 1970s
The Madagascar pochard: the rarest bird in the world Wildlife that relies on freshwater like wetlands has suffered almost twice the loss of land and marine species. Overall, global wildlife populations have halved in
30 September 2014
Today's sightings
British Steel hide A great white egret was seen briefly in front of the Peter Scott hide mid morning before relocating to the saltmarsh in front of the British Steel hide at 10:15. Other counts include, little stint, 2 curlew sandpiper, 47 greenshank, 3
30 September 2014
SuDS, not duds: don’t water down rules on floods
Floods will continue to ruin people’s livelihoods if the Government waters down rules on SuDS. Natural rain absorbing features known as SuDS hit the news earlier this year as one solution to the devastating flooding that hit southern England. On paper t
30 September 2014
Wildlife sightings for 30th September 2014
2 Pintail - main lake 10 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape 4 Stonechat - grazing marsh 2 Peregrine - perched on charing cross hospital 9 Swallow - flew over South 1 Hobby - hunting over wildside/reservoir lagoon September bird highlights: Hobby, Peregr
30 September 2014